Organizational relationships between nursing homes and hospitals and quality of care during hospital-nursing home patient transfers

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1078-1084

  Boockvar, Kenneth S ^a,b,c   Burack, Orah R ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Jewish Home and Hospital   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospitals; Nursing homes; Organizational affiliation; Patient transfer; Safety management

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FAMILY SERVICE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LABORATORY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; NEW YORK; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSFER AGREEMENT;

EID: 34347374865     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01235.x     Document Type: Article

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